Working Memory Training Does Not Improve Performance on Measures of Intelligence or Other Measures of “Far Transfer”: Evidence From a Meta-Analytic Review

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Name

Working Memory Training Does Not Improve Performance on Measures of Intelligence or Other Measures of “Far Transfer”: Evidence From a Meta-Analytic Review

Description

This meta-analysis looked at 87 publications and examined whether training on working memory transfers to other measures such as reading comprehension and verbal ability, among others.

Types

Study

Authors

Charles Hulme
Thomas S. Redick
Monica Melby-Lervåg

Claims from

Working memory training may transfer to skills such as verbal working memory or visuospatial working memory, but evidence suggests that it does not improve skills such as verbal ability, arithmetic, nonverbal ability, or reading comprehension.
Working memory training improvements do not generalize to "real world" cognitive abilities.

Journal

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Topics

Working Memory

Web URL

https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691616635612

Referenced by

Working memory training improvements do not generalize to "real world" cognitive abilities.

Psychology

Claim

Working memory training may transfer to skills such as verbal working memory or visuospatial working memory, but evidence suggests that it does not improve skills such as verbal ability, arithmetic, nonverbal ability, or reading comprehension.

Psychology

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